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NBC News:
New Jeffrey Epstein accuser: He raped me when I was 15 — Jennifer Araoz says she was recruited outside her New York City high school to provide sexual massages to the wealthy financier. — Jennifer Araoz says she was 14 years old when a young woman approached her outside her New York City high school in the fall of 2001.
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Fox News, Politico, VICE, The Week, Florida Politics, Splinter, TODAY.com, The Intercept and Washington Press
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Ed Pilkington / The Guardian:
Trump labor secretary who cut Epstein deal plans to slash funds for sex trafficking victims — Democrats condemn as ‘amoral’ Alex Acosta's proposed 80% funding cut for US agency that combats child sex trafficking — Alexander Acosta, the US labor secretary under fire for having granted …
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The Week, CNN, GovExec.com, Reason, Splinter, BuzzFeed News, New York Post, Financial Times, twitchy.com, Breitbart, Conservative News Today, Talking Points Memo and Washington Times
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
“I Was Told Epstein ‘Belonged to Intelligence’ And to Leave It Alone.” — In my earlier post I mentioned the reporting of Vicky Ward who did a lengthy piece on Epstein for Vanity Fair in 2003 and is now revisiting the story in The Daily Beast. (Ward had a detailed version of the underaged girls part …
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The Daily Beast, Hot Air, Daily Wire and Big League Politics
Ed Mazza / HuffPost:
Peter Wehner Has Chilling Theory For GOP Silence On Alex Acosta's Deal With Jeffrey Epstein — “We have a president who is a sexual predator,” the longtime Republican insider said. — A longtime Republican insider is calling out GOP lawmakers for “hypocrisy” for not demanding the resignation …
New York Times:
Jeffrey Epstein Was a ‘Terrific Guy,’ Donald Trump Once Said. Now He's ‘Not a Fan.’ — WASHINGTON — It was supposed to be an exclusive party at Mar-a-Lago, Donald J. Trump's members-only club in Palm Beach, Fla. But other than the two dozen or so women flown in to provide the entertainment …
Hollywood Reporter:
Jeffrey Epstein Moved Freely in Hollywood Circles Even After 2008 Conviction
Jeffrey Epstein Moved Freely in Hollywood Circles Even After 2008 Conviction
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On Point, Daily Kos, Front Page Magazine, Press Herald and American Thinker
The Daily Beast:
Acosta, Who Cut Deal With Epstein, Tried to Slash Anti-Trafficking Program by 80 Percent
Acosta, Who Cut Deal With Epstein, Tried to Slash Anti-Trafficking Program by 80 Percent
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Hullabaloo
New York Magazine:
Jeffrey Epstein's Rolodex: A Guide to His Famous Friends and Acquaintances
Jeffrey Epstein's Rolodex: A Guide to His Famous Friends and Acquaintances
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Big League Politics and Bloomberg
Howard Kurtz / Fox News:
The Jeffrey Epstein charges are revolting, but let's be careful about implicating others
The Jeffrey Epstein charges are revolting, but let's be careful about implicating others
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New York Times, Breitbart, The American Conservative and VICE
Nikki Schwab / New York Post:
Schumer got thousands in donations from Jeffrey Epstein
Schumer got thousands in donations from Jeffrey Epstein
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BuzzFeed News, Washington Post, The Week and Big League Politics
Wall Street Journal:
State Department Analyst Resigns After White House Blocked Climate Change Testimony — A State Department intelligence analyst has resigned in protest after the White House blocked portions of his written testimony to a congressional panel to exclude data and evidence on climate change …
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Political Wire
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Sarah Ferris / Politico:
‘Do not tweet’: Pelosi scolds progressives in closed-door meeting — Speaker Nancy Pelosi chided progressives in a closed-door meeting Wednesday, calling on them to address their intra-party grievances privately rather than blasting their centrist colleagues on Twitter.
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National Review, Breitbart, Splinter, Political Wire and Mediaite
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Peter Jamison / Washington Post:
Trump's July Fourth event and weekend protests bankrupted D.C. security fund, mayor says — President Trump's overhauled July Fourth celebration cost the D.C. government $1.7 million, an amount that — combined with police expenses for demonstrations through the weekend …
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CNN, Axios, Daily Kos, Washington Times, Shareblue Media, Mediaite, Splinter, The Week and The Root
Thomas Wright / The Atlantic:
The U.K. Ambassador's Crime Was Stating the Obvious — Theresa May did everything she could to accommodate Donald Trump. She was the first leader to visit him after he became president. She offered him a state visit to the United Kingdom at a much earlier stage in his tenure than his predecessors had received one.
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Fortune, Daily Wire and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
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BBC:
Sir Kim Darroch resigns as UK ambassador to US — Sir Kim Darroch has resigned as UK ambassador to the US, amid a row over leaked emails critical of President Trump's administration. — The ambassador was branded “a very stupid guy” by Mr Trump, after emails emerged calling the Trump administration “clumsy and inept”.
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Washington Post, CNN, The Guardian, The Poke, Talking Points Memo and TheBlaze
Stephen Castle / New York Times:
Kim Darroch, U.K. Ambassador, Resigns After Leak of Trump Memos
Kim Darroch, U.K. Ambassador, Resigns After Leak of Trump Memos
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GOV.UK, Financial Times, New York Magazine, Althouse, The Gateway Pundit, Outside the Beltway and VICE
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
‘It Could Have Been Any of Us’: Disdain for Trump Runs Among Ambassadors
‘It Could Have Been Any of Us’: Disdain for Trump Runs Among Ambassadors
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New York Post, The Atlantic and Washington Post
Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic:
Tucker Carlson Has Failed to Assimilate — While I favor granting citizenship automatically to children born in the United States, I was reminded of birthright citizenship's biggest downside Tuesday while listening to Tucker Carlson on his Fox News show. — Unlike immigrants …
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Washington Post, WCCO | CBS Minnesota and Geller Report News
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
Tucker Carlson blasts Rep. Ilhan Omar, and she calls him a ‘racist fool’
Tucker Carlson blasts Rep. Ilhan Omar, and she calls him a ‘racist fool’
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Washington Post, Talking Points Memo, The Root, The Hill, Atlanta Black Star, twitchy.com, Washington Press, NB Blog, Roll Call and The Week
Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
Tucker Carlson's Latest Attack on Ilhan Omar Is a Pack of Racist Lies
Tucker Carlson's Latest Attack on Ilhan Omar Is a Pack of Racist Lies
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Vox, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Human Events and Conservative News Today
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Fifteen minutes on cable television that illustrated one of America's deepest political divides
Fifteen minutes on cable television that illustrated one of America's deepest political divides
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Splinter, Breitbart and Common Dreams
Tim Alberta / Politico:
‘Mother Is Not Going to Like This’: The 48 Hours That Almost Brought Down Trump — One by one, they had trickled out of the conference room on the 25th floor of Trump Tower. It was Friday, October 7, 2016, two days before the second presidential debate, and the Republican nominee's brain trust …
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Washington Post, The Week, The Daily Caller and Althouse
Washington Post:
Appeals court dismisses emoluments lawsuit involving Trump's D.C. hotel — A federal appeals court Wednesday sided with President Trump, dismissing a lawsuit claiming the president is illegally profiting from foreign and state government visitors at his luxury hotel in downtown Washington.
Alberto Nardelli / BuzzFeed News:
An Explosive Secret Recording Reveals How Russia Tried To Funnel Millions To The “European Trump” — A close aide to Italy's deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini held covert talks to pump Russian oil money to his far-right party. BuzzFeed News has the tape.
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Washington Monthly, Financial Times, Hullabaloo and Washington Post
Kasie Hunt / NBC News:
McGrath raises a record $2.5 million on first day of Senate campaign — WASHINGTON — Kentucky Democratic Senate candidate Amy McGrath raised more than $2.5 million in the first 24 hours of her campaign against Mitch McConnell — over $1 million of it coming in just the first five and a half hours …
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Shareblue Media, Talking Points Memo, Townhall, Politico, Fox News, Mother Jones, New York Post, Shakesville, Daily Kos, POLITICUSUSA, Axios, IJR, Mediaite, VICE, Hot Air, Courier-Journal, Vox, CNN, Common Dreams, Washington Monthly, Daily Wire, Roll Call, Reuters and NB Blog
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Perry Bacon Jr / Insider Louisville:
News Analysis: Does Amy McGrath have a chance against McConnell?
News Analysis: Does Amy McGrath have a chance against McConnell?
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Breitbart, Splinter and Shareblue Media
Jed Shugerman / The Daily Beast:
Mueller Missed the Crime: Trump's Campaign Coordinated With Russia — The special counsel will testify before Congress next week. He needs to answer for historic legal and factual errors. — Ever since the release of the Mueller Report, countless commentators have implored everyone to just #ReadtheReport.
Kate Aronoff / The Guardian:
Neoliberal pundits want to write off Bernie Sanders again. That's no surprise — The same media outlets that failed to predict Trump are pushing their status quo-friendly narrative on the Democratic race — Bernie Sanders's presidential campaign is collapsing.
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Washington Post
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Ariel Edwards-Levy / HuffPost:
Joe Biden Isn't The Unequivocal 2020 Democratic Front-Runner Anymore
Joe Biden Isn't The Unequivocal 2020 Democratic Front-Runner Anymore
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FiveThirtyEight and Roll Call
Natasha Korecki / Politico:
Embattled Biden ditches Rose Garden strategy
Embattled Biden ditches Rose Garden strategy
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The Hill, Vanity Fair, The Resurgent, Shakesville, CNN and Eschaton
Casey Michel / ThinkProgress:
Trump's attempts to smear Christopher Steele just hit a roadblock — For months, President Donald Trump and his allies have tried to smear Christopher Steele, the author of the infamous Steele Dossier, as someone bent on bringing down the president through lies and deceit.
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Townhall, The Week and PJ Media Home, more at Mediagazer »
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Natasha Bertrand / Politico:
Trump dossier author Steele gets 16-hour DOJ grilling
Trump dossier author Steele gets 16-hour DOJ grilling
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POLITICUSUSA, Fox News, No More Mister Nice Blog, The Last Refuge, The Week, Washington Post and New York Times
Ramesh Ponnuru / Bloomberg:
Winning the Obamacare Suit Would Be a Disaster for Republicans — Conservatives would rather rail at judges than come up with a viable health-care alternative. — There's an important bit of contingency planning that Republicans have neglected to do. Neither in the White House nor …
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National Review
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Dan Desai Martin / Shareblue Media:
Susan Collins: I ‘hope’ my votes to destroy health care don't actually destroy health care
Susan Collins: I ‘hope’ my votes to destroy health care don't actually destroy health care
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Michigan Advance, Daily Kos and US News
Heather Long / Washington Post:
S&P 500 soars above 3,000 for first time as Fed Chair Jerome Powell hints interest rate cut likely in July — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell had two messages for Congress Wednesday: Central bank independence is critical and an interest-rate cut is likely at the end of July.
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CNBC, Politico, Wall Street Journal and The Week
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Donna Borak / CNN:
Fed chair: I won't leave if Trump asks me to quit
New York Times:
Justice Dept. Tells Mueller Deputies Not to Testify, Scrambling an Agreement — WASHINGTON — The Justice Department is seeking to discourage Robert S. Mueller III's deputies from testifying before Congress, potentially jeopardizing an agreement for two of the former prosecutors …
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AOL.com, Politico, Vanity Fair, Shareblue Media, Daily Kos, Talking Points Memo, Lawfare, The Week and POLITICUSUSA
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Tatiana Siegel / Hollywood Reporter:
How to Give Away $420 Million: Cheryl and Haim Saban on Hollywood Philanthropy, Israel and 2020 Politics — The outspoken media moguls, who have pledged much of their $3.2 billion fortune to charity, reveal how they select causes like women's empowerment, healthcare and a $50 million gift …
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Mondoweiss, Common Dreams, Jewish Insider and Washington Free Beacon
Scott Cohn / CNBC:
The comeback state of 2019: Kansas economy rebounds from tax-cutting disaster — KEY POINTS — The year's biggest declines belong to Michigan, California, Idaho, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania. — The Sunflower State jumped 16 spots to No. 19 in this year's CNBC America's Top States …